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Excavator · Archaeologist · Scholar

Duncan Mackenzie

fl. 1896–1941

Excavator and archaeologist, active 1896–1941. Gave to Ashmolean Museum; excavated with Sir Arthur John Evans.

Life and work

  1. 1904
    Assisted the author in directing the 1904 Knossos works, including the Royal Tomb, and supplied his excavation daybooks.

    Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity 1905: Vol 59 Part 2 (1905)

  2. 1911
    Excavator at 'Ain Shems (Beth Shemesh) in 1911–12, where he recorded imported Bronze Age pottery from Cyprus; he had worked at Knossos and wrote on its pottery.

    When Did Base-Ring Ware First Occur in Palestine? (1955), p. 48

  3. 1911
    Director of the Palestine Exploration Fund's 1911-12 campaigns at 'Ain Shems (Beth-Shemesh); experienced excavator familiar with Aegean archaeology, whose chronology the passage praises.

    Mccown, Chester Charlton, Ladder Of Progress In Palstine: Story Of Archaeological Adventure (1943)

  4. 1911–1913
    Excavated Ain Shems (Beth-Shemesh) and published excavation reports on it in 1911 and 1912–1913; the passage cites these works only.

    Shlomo Bunimovitz; Zvi Lederman, Tel Beth-Shemesh: A Border Community in Judah: Renewed Excavations 1990-2000: The Iron Age (2016), p. 386

  5. 1911
    Excavated at 'Ain Shems in Palestine in 1911–12, where a burial cave yielded pottery that included pieces apparently from Cyprus or the Greek islands, and a tomb held Astarte figurines.

    Baum, Henry Mason, 1848-; Wright, Frederick Bennett; Wright, G. Frederick (George Frederick), 1838-1921, Records of the past (1912)

  6. 1941
    In the Kourion expedition papers of 1941: «Bosch type - (Duncan Mackenzie)»

    Penn Museum Archives, Kourion Expedition records (PU-Mu 1050), Box 10, folder 3, p. 46

  7. Undated
    Suggested that punctured-ornament pottery from pre-Dynastic Egypt may be Aegean and akin to Knossian neolithic ware.

    The journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (1907)

  8. Undated
    Published seal impressions showing Cretan loincloth dress, cited in Annual XII 241.

    Meyer, Eduard, 1855-1930, Geschichte des Altertums (1907)

  9. Undated
    Had Cretan field experience that the passage says will help classify and date objects unearthed at Beth-Shemesh.

    The Methodist review (1885)

  10. Undated
    Wrote The pottery of Knossos; cited only as bibliographic reference, not tied to Cyprus here.

    Vatroslav Jagić, Ein unedierter griechischer Psalmenkommentar (1906)

  11. Undated
    Found pottery fragments of various ages from a burial cave

    Palestine Exploration Fund : quarterly statement (1869)

  12. Undated
    Assisted Arthur Evans in directing the Knossos excavations and later worked for the Palestine Exploration Fund at Beth Shemesh, where Cypriot-influenced ceramics were studied.

    Evans, Arthur, Sir, 1851-1941, The prehistoric tombs of Knossos (1906)

  13. Undated
    Assistant to Sir Arthur Evans throughout the Cnossus excavation; before the war reported Aegean sherds from low strata on the Roman site at Ashkelon (Askalon).

    The Illustrated London News 1920-08-21: Vol 157 Iss 4244 (1920)

  14. Undated
    Assisted in directing the Knossos excavations, including the eastern cemetery and the Royal Tomb works, and kept his excavation daybooks.

    XX.—<i>The Prehistoric Tombs of Knossos.</i> (1905), p. 392

  15. Undated
    Fund's archaeologist whose work at Beth Shemesh is described; the passage says a trained Mediterranean scholar explored Beth Shemesh, with comparative study of Cypriot-influenced ceramics.

    Palestine Exploration Quarterly 1931

  16. Undated
    Wrote a note on the Melian fortifications and Thucydides; the passage does not mention Cyprus in connection with him.

    Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies (London, England), The journal of Hellenic studies (1880)

  17. Undated
    Fund's archaeologist who explored Beth Shemesh; the passage credits him with comparative studies of local ceramic situations linked to Cypriot trade.

    Palestine exploration fund: patron-the king quarterly statement for 1931

  18. Undated
    Gave expert assistance in directing the works at the Knossos tombs and supplied his excavation daybooks.

    Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity 1905: Vol 60 (1905)

  19. Undated
    Fund's archaeologist who explored Beth Shemesh; the passage praises his comparative studies of local ceramic situation, which drew on Cypriot ceramic output.

    The Fund’s, Palestine Exploration Fund Quarterly Statement For 1931 (1931)

  20. Undated
    Wrote that the Egyptian-looking black-topped ware found in the Copper Age tombs of Cyprus indicates a northward movement of the Libyan race.

    Mackenzie, Donald A., Myths Of Crete And Kpre Hellenic Europe (1917)

  21. Undated
    Excavated at Beth-shemesh, finding Philistine pottery alongside imported Mycenaean and Cypro-Phoenician pottery and noting a stratigraphical gap between them.

    The Excavation of Tell Beit Mirsim. Vol. I: The Pottery of the First Three Campaigns (1930), p. 54

  22. Undated
    Engaged on a special study of the pottery found in the Palace of Knossos, assisting the excavation.

    Palace Of Knossos

  23. Undated
    Named with imported Mycenaean and Cypriote pottery from Late Bronze remains in Central City Area

    Manfred Bietak, Ägypten und Levante / Egypt and the Levant, Volume XIX (2009), p. 334

  24. Undated
    Excavated at Knossos with Evans and published a Syro-Egyptian alabastron from 'Ain Shems cited beside the find from Enkomi.

    Zeus A Study In Ancient Religion II 2

  25. Undated
    Presented the fourth part of his discussion of Cretan palaces, comparing dwelling and tomb types across the Mediterranean, including Cyprus-related comparison only indirectly.

    Archaeological Institute of America, American journal of archaeology (1885)

  26. Undated
    Argued in BSA XIII (p. 424) that the destruction of Knossos and other Cretan sites was due to the Mycenaeans; discussed Cypriot and Aegean ethnic history.

    The Minoan Mycenaean Religion And Its Survival In Greek_Nils Martin Persson Nilsson (Berserker Books) (1988)

  27. Undated
    Advanced an opinion in BSA XIII, p. 424, on the destruction of Knossos and Cretan sites, a view Nilsson discusses; no Cyprus-specific act stated.

    Nilsson, Martin P., Minoan Mycenaean Religion And Its Survival In Greek Religion (1927)

  28. Undated
    Published a Syro-Egyptian alabastron from Ain Shems, an Egyptian-type parallel cited alongside the Cypriot Enkomi find; passage mentions only his publication.

    Evans Sir Arthur, The Place Of Minos At Knossos Vol-ii Part-i (1928)

  29. Undated
    Advanced an opinion in BSA XIII (p. 424) that the destruction of Knossos and other Cretan sites was due to the Mycenaeans; the passage discusses but does not endorse this view.

    Nilsson, Martin P., Minoan Mycenaean Religion And Its Survival In Greek Religion (1927)

  30. Undated
    Excavated a burial cave and troglodyte dwellings at a Tell city site, finding pottery, flint and bronze objects; the passage does not clearly tie this site to Cyprus.

    Baum, Henry Mason, 1848-; Wright, Frederick Bennett; Wright, G. Frederick (George Frederick), 1838-1921, Records of the past (1911)

  31. Undated
    Named with pottery from a cave burial at the city (unidentified site)

    records of the past (1911)

  32. Undated
    Directed excavations at Beth-Shemesh in Palestine; text notes Cypriot-type pottery found there, not excavation in Cyprus.

    Anon. (1911). Annual Meeting of the Palestine Exploration Fund. In Palestine Exploration Quarterly. pp. 122-139. p. 130.

Connections

5 people
Sir Arthur John EvansGregorios AntoniouRichard MacGillivray Dawk…Elihu GrantCampbell Cowan EdgarDuncan Mackenzie
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Colleagues & contacts

Mentioned in

10 mentions

Sources

  1. 1.When Did Base-Ring Ware First Occur in Palestine? (1955).
  2. 2.The journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (1907).
  3. 3.Meyer, Eduard, 1855-1930, Geschichte des Altertums (1907).
  4. 4.The Methodist review (1885).
  5. 5.Vatroslav Jagić, Ein unedierter griechischer Psalmenkommentar (1906).
  6. 6.Palestine Exploration Fund : quarterly statement (1869).
  7. 7.Evans, Arthur, Sir, 1851-1941, The prehistoric tombs of Knossos (1906).
  8. 8.The Illustrated London News 1920-08-21: Vol 157 Iss 4244 (1920).
  9. 9.XX.—<i>The Prehistoric Tombs of Knossos.</i> (1905).
  10. 10.Palestine Exploration Quarterly 1931.
  11. 11.Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity 1905: Vol 59 Part 2 (1905).
  12. 12.Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies (London, England), The journal of Hellenic studies (1880).
  13. 13.Palestine exploration fund: patron-the king quarterly statement for 1931.
  14. 14.Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity 1905: Vol 60 (1905).
  15. 15.Mccown, Chester Charlton, Ladder Of Progress In Palstine: Story Of Archaeological Adventure (1943).
  16. 16.The Fund’s, Palestine Exploration Fund Quarterly Statement For 1931 (1931).
  17. 17.Mackenzie, Donald A., Myths Of Crete And Kpre Hellenic Europe (1917).
  18. 18.The Excavation of Tell Beit Mirsim. Vol. I: The Pottery of the First Three Campaigns (1930).
  19. 19.Palace Of Knossos.
  20. 20.Manfred Bietak, Ägypten und Levante / Egypt and the Levant, Volume XIX (2009).
  21. 21.Zeus A Study In Ancient Religion II 2.
  22. 22.Archaeological Institute of America, American journal of archaeology (1885).
  23. 23.The Minoan Mycenaean Religion And Its Survival In Greek_Nils Martin Persson Nilsson (Berserker Books) (1988). Online
  24. 24.Nilsson, Martin P., Minoan Mycenaean Religion And Its Survival In Greek Religion (1927).
  25. 25.Evans Sir Arthur, The Place Of Minos At Knossos Vol-ii Part-i (1928).
  26. 26.Shlomo Bunimovitz; Zvi Lederman, Tel Beth-Shemesh: A Border Community in Judah: Renewed Excavations 1990-2000: The Iron Age (2016).
  27. 27.Baum, Henry Mason, 1848-; Wright, Frederick Bennett; Wright, G. Frederick (George Frederick), 1838-1921, Records of the past (1912).
  28. 28.Baum, Henry Mason, 1848-; Wright, Frederick Bennett; Wright, G. Frederick (George Frederick), 1838-1921, Records of the past (1911).
  29. 29.records of the past (1911).
  30. 30.Anon. (1911). Annual Meeting of the Palestine Exploration Fund. In Palestine Exploration Quarterly. pp. 122-139. p. 130.. Online
  31. 31.Penn Museum Archives, Kourion Expedition records (PU-Mu 1050), Box 10, folder 3.
  32. 32.J. Evans, 1943, Time and Chance: the story of Arthur Evans and his forebears.
  33. 33.Evans, Joan, 1893-1977, Time and chance : the story of Arthur Evans and his forebears (1943).
  34. 34.Evans Joan, The Story Of Arthur Evans and His Forebears (1943).
  35. 35.Susan Sherratt, 2000, Catalogue of Cycladic Antiquities in the Ashmolean Museum: The Captive Spirit.
  36. 36.Susan Sherratt, Catalogue of Cycladic Antiquities in the Ashmolean Museum: The Captive Spirit (2000).
  37. 37.Seager, Richard B, Excavations on the island of Pseira, Crete (1910).
  38. 38.Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952, Zeus : a study in ancient religion (1914).

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